On 01 December 2010, the “2010 Target Achievement Celebration” and “Customers Thank-you Party” of Saigon Newport Corporation (SNP) were solemnly held at the White Palace Convention Center. The event is an opportunity for SNP to inform its annual volume throughput target achievements and to express deep gratitude to all customers and partners for their strong support and cooperation. This is also part of the event series for 2011, deemed as “Customers’ Year” by SNP.
Attending the event were leaders of Ho Chi Minh City Authorities and Provincial Authorities of neighboring provinces in the South Focal Economic Area and nearly 700 guests being major partners, shipping lines, shipping agents, forwarders and importers/exporters.
At the ceremony, customers and partners were reported of SNP’s recent business performance which indicated that in 2010 SNP had overcome many difficulties and challenges to continue to achieve outstanding results in investment strategies and business scale in order to enhance competitiveness in the process of full integration of Vietnam and to succeed in developing sustainable brand. SNP has chosen multi-level business model and diversified reciprocal business activities in accordance with its capabilities and rested focus on selective investment and reasonable and flexible business strategies, which has enabled the company to build a strong brand encompassing in the following aspects: larger scale at national level, first landing abroad, better socio-economic efficiency, law abidance.
With its premise network operating in all national focal economic areas including Ho Chi Minh City, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, Binh Duong Province, Dong Nai Province, An Giang Province, Quy Nhon City (Binh Dinh Province) and Hai Phong City (Hai Phong Province), especially the inauguration of Cambodia – My Thoi (An Giang) barging service to all its facilities and a full system of multi-level subsidiaries and affiliates rendering new services such as inland – waterway transport, technical services, IT solution services, terminal operations human resource training, etc. Saigon Newport has built a complete and widespread network for maritime services, terminal operations and logistics services.
Especially, in order to meet the increasing operations requirements, the company has applied efficient management and quality enhancement methods, which has yielded in-depth and stable operations performance.
Particularly, on 18 November 2010, Saigon Newport had fulfilled its annual business target by reaching volume throughput of 2,500,000 teus at 40 days prior to schedule. In 2010, the company was expected to handle 2,835,000 teus (or 38 million tons), fulfilling its plan at 113.4% and growing at 15.2%, generating a total revenue of VND 4,635 million, fulfilling its target at 113.5% and growing at 37.2% in comparison with 2009. This is deemed a throughput record in the history of terminal operations in Saigon Newport and the company was also the first terminal operator in Vietnam to handle the largest annual volume.
The fact that Saigon Newport had hit annual volume target ahead of schedule and was expected to grow at 15.2% in 2009 was a good indication of economic recovery of the nation thanks to effective counter measures by the Government as well as great attempt and creativity to overcome difficulties and to control trading situation by shippers, partaking in the development of national economy in 2010. Saigon Newport, in this connection, had made important contribution by ensuring the annual throughput of 2,835,000 teus of merchandise at all its facilities.
With the theme of “Deep affection”, the “2010 Target Achievement Celebration” and “Customers Thank–you Party” were precious opportunities for Saigon Newport to express our good wills of further cooperation and commit to enhancing service quality for all shippers and partners in line with our slogan “Come to Saigon Newport, come to the best quality services” and with our tradition of “Labor Hero in the Innovation Period”.
